"Really I don't care about that, I don't care at all," said Prince Andrew, beginning to understand that his news of the battle before Krems was really of small importance in view of such events as the fall of Austria's capital.

Dean sat in the corner, trying to read up on Colorado law as it pertained to the duties of sheriff, but was drawn by politeness and the darkened room to view the exhibit.

All very well perhaps from his point of view, but only a little better than the common dilettantism.

Dean looked back at Fred in the rear view mirror but there was no hint of clarification.

Why would I want to see more of the same thing I view from this wagon seat all day?

I'll record the facts from my personal point of view, and my observation.

One such as me would view that relationship – and my mate – as a battle to be won.

You tear me away from the only stability I have in my life, expect me to change my view on the entire world overnight, reject me and now, you're asking me to take a chance on something you can't guarantee.

Deities view the world differently?

Maybe it was merely love that made her view him that way, but considering all the second and third glances he got from other women, she doubted it.

They hadn't traveled far down the trail before she got a peripheral view of the building.

The topless Jeep offered an unfettered view of the spectacular scenery they entered as soon as they left the highway.

She stopped within full view of Jetr and waited, not wanting to draw the attention of the entire Council to her.

There were a number of different routes, but the Deans chose the two-mile town site loop, a nearly flat path that first traversed a scented pine forest and then opened to a spectacular view of the surrounding mountains.

A small round table and two chairs were placed in a corner near the doorway to the family room, providing a view of the fireplace.

He looked her over, enjoying the view, and rested his hand on her warm stomach.

Cynthia's allotted tour of duty was finished, so he took his wife's hand and they walked to the corner for a better view of the parade.

Deidre was breathless and upbeat when the lake came into view over an hour later.

Jared limped after him and appeared beside him on the cliff edge, taking in the morning view of grey skies and green forest with a look of distaste.

The view from the top was spectacular, the snow perfect and the trail empty of other skiers.

Though the view from my door was still more contracted, I did not feel crowded or confined in the least.

I one evening overtook one of my townsmen, who has accumulated what is called "a handsome property"--though I never got a fair view of it--on the Walden road, driving a pair of cattle to market, who inquired of me how I could bring my mind to give up so many of the comforts of life.

He gazed into the cellar from all sides and points of view by turns, always lying down to it, as if there was some treasure, which he remembered, concealed between the stones, where there was absolutely nothing but a heap of bricks and ashes.

Your view of life is a regrettable delusion.

In view of Fred's jury duty, even mentioning the name Dawkins around him was a no-no.

Dean emerged from behind the cluster of boulders and jogged to the edge of a clearing where he had a better view down the valley.

The town was choked with visitors, some already staking out their spots with folding chairs to view the later festivities—the last hurrah of the holiday.

Above them, the headlights of the two vehicles grew more distant, finally hidden from view by their angle of descent.

He tried to shift Destiny so that he had an unobstructed view of Lori.

In 1958, an American economist named Leonard Read wrote an essay called "I, Pencil," written from the pencil's point of view, about how no one on the planet knows how to make a pencil.

We essentially view scarcity like the children's game "musical chairs."

Cynics view this as the rich paying off the poor to keep them from revolting.

Whether you are for the organic food movement or against it, for genetically modified crops or against them, for corporate farms or seed banks or raw food or anything else, is influenced significantly by your larger view of politics.

It was his view that "the attainment of human rights in the fullest sense cannot be achieved so long as hundreds of millions of poverty-stricken people lack the basic necessities for life."

But let's adopt the cynic's view for a moment and assume people in these corporations are chiefly concerned about their financial benefit, not about human suffering, when it comes to war.

They view individual liberty as a threat, new political ideas as subversion, and political opposition as treason.

You view it as your duty to protest when people who do not hold to those values gain power.

It is true, on the other hand, that in her descriptions, she is best from the point of view of art when she is faithful to her own sensations; and this is precisely true of all artists.

I have my horizon bounded by woods all to myself; a distant view of the railroad where it touches the pond on the one hand, and of the fence which skirts the woodland road on the other.

At length the old hound burst into view with muzzle to the ground, and snapping the air as if possessed, and ran directly to the rock; but, spying the dead fox, she suddenly ceased her hounding as if struck dumb with amazement, and walked round and round him in silence; and one by one her pups arrived, and, like their mother, were sobered into silence by the mystery.

The particular laws are as our points of view, as, to the traveller, a mountain outline varies with every step, and it has an infinite number of profiles, though absolutely but one form.

It was a closer view of my native town.

A member of the Hofkriegsrath from Vienna had come to Kutuzov the day before with proposals and demands for him to join up with the army of the Archduke Ferdinand and Mack, and Kutuzov, not considering this junction advisable, meant, among other arguments in support of his view, to show the Austrian general the wretched state in which the troops arrived from Russia.

At that instant the sun began to hide behind the clouds, and other stretchers came into view before Rostov.

His fertile mind instantly suggested to him a point of view which gave him a right to despise the adjutant and the minister.

It was true that a view over nearly the whole Russian position and the greater part of the enemy's opened out from this battery.

In spite of Prince Andrew's disagreeable, ironical tone, in spite of the contempt with which Rostov, from his fighting army point of view, regarded all these little adjutants on the staff of whom the newcomer was evidently one, Rostov felt confused, blushed, and became silent.

He only heard Dolokhov's hurried steps, and his figure came in view through the smoke.

"Louis XVI was executed because they said he was dishonorable and a criminal," came into Pierre's head, "and from their point of view they were right, as were those too who canonized him and died a martyr's death for his sake.

From the point of view of the old countess and of society it was out of the question for her to refuse him.

"I know your outlook," said the Mason, "and the view of life you mention, and which you think is the result of your own mental efforts, is the one held by the majority of people, and is the invariable fruit of pride, indolence, and ignorance.

Joseph Alexeevich, having remained silent and thoughtful for a good while, told me his view of the matter, which at once lit up for me my whole past and the future path I should follow.

The first to come into view was Milka, with her black markings and powerful quarters, gaining upon the wolf.

From her feminine point of view she could see only one solution, namely, for Nicholas to marry a rich heiress.

Boris had not succeeded in making a wealthy match in Petersburg, so with the same object in view he came to Moscow.

But this was only the external condition; the essential significance of the presence of the Emperor and of all these people, from a courtier's point of view (and in an Emperor's vicinity all became courtiers), was clear to everyone.

This view was very general in the upper army circles and found support also in Petersburg and from the chancellor, Rumyantsev, who, for other reasons of state, was in favor of peace.

This was the party of the elders, reasonable men experienced and capable in state affairs, who, without sharing any of those conflicting opinions, were able to take a detached view of what was going on at the staff at headquarters and to consider means of escape from this muddle, indecision, intricacy, and weakness.

This general, hating Barclay, rode to visit a friend of his own, a corps commander, and, having spent the day with him, returned to Barclay and condemned, as unsuitable from every point of view, the battleground he had not seen.

In Helene's circle the war in general was regarded as a series of formal demonstrations which would very soon end in peace, and the view prevailed expressed by Bilibin--who now in Petersburg was quite at home in Helene's house, which every clever man was obliged to visit--that not by gunpowder but by those who invented it would matters be settled.

All this was vivid, majestic, and unexpected; but what impressed Pierre most of all was the view of the battlefield itself, of Borodino and the hollows on both sides of the Kolocha.

We can get a view from there and in our battery it is still bearable, said the adjutant.

When men were killed or wounded, when rows of stretchers went past, when some troops retreated, and when great masses of the enemy came into view through the smoke, no one paid any attention to these things.

To that I must entirely change my point of view and study the laws of the movement of steam, of the bells, and of the wind.

Admitting the view of Barclay and others that a defensive battle at Fili was impossible, but imbued with Russian patriotism and the love of Moscow, he proposed to move troops from the right to the left flank during the night and attack the French right flank the following day.

In her view the aim of every religion was merely to preserve certain proprieties while affording satisfaction to human desires.

From that point of view he gazed at the Oriental beauty he had not seen before.

In view of all this information, when the enemy has scattered his forces in large detachments, and with Napoleon and his Guards in Moscow, is it possible that the enemy's forces confronting you are so considerable as not to allow of your taking the offensive?

The battle of Tarutino obviously did not attain the aim Toll had in view--to lead the troops into action in the order prescribed by the dispositions; nor that which Count Orlov-Denisov may have had in view-- to take Murat prisoner; nor the result of immediately destroying the whole corps, which Bennigsen and others may have had in view; nor the aim of the officer who wished to go into action to distinguish himself; nor that of the Cossack who wanted more booty than he got, and so on.

From the bridge they had a view of endless lines of moving baggage trains before and behind them.

To get a better view, several officer prisoners climbed onto the wall of the half-burned house against which Pierre was leaning.

The proportion of freedom to inevitability decreases and increases according to the point of view from which the action is regarded, but their relation is always one of inverse proportion.

Jonathan leaned forward so that he had a full view of Señor Medena.

Waiting until they were out of view from the men at the corral, Carmen rode up beside Alex.

As the path turned, the broad side of a metal building came into view, nestled at the foot of a cliff.

The only person who didn't view her as a sitter or maid was Yancey, and his viewpoint was as a lover.

Finally she released him and leaned back to view his reaction.

The horse finally came into view and she slumped to the ground in relief.

It would allow my future wife, who was from Iowa, to view a part of the country she'd never seen.

Howie bounded out of the car and crossed to the newer side of the street where he had a better view of the few older buildings that remained.

Although a blurry image appeared on television of the woman captured on a video camera, she disappeared out of view once she exited.

We settled on a bench with a view of the mighty Mississippi.

In any event, it presents a beautiful view of the town common, our destination.

Howie was able to view the abduction, though it was particularly brutal as the young boy was knocked unconscious and bleeding.

It appeared there was an excellent opportunity to view the entire incident.

There were a half dozen messages from both Julie and Howie from California but in view of our frenzied day, decided to let them simmer until after a much relished glass or two of wine and Molly's carefully grilled hot dogs and cheese bread.

Betsy booked three adjoining room, on the first floor, with a view of the pool.

I can see her in my rear view mirror, just sitting there, plotting a way they can escape.

She stepped into his view, and he dropped his arms, throwing back his head to suck in deep breaths.

He clasped his hands behind his head, giving her an unobstructed view of his body.

Then he mocked in sing-song voice, "'Just as long as I get that one pretty piece with a view!'"

She and her husband would get together later to view the parade and water fight.

Unlike most first-time riders of this spectacular road, she didn't shudder; instead she leaned far over for a better view, rattling a litany of praises.

As he watched, Faust's Jeep passed into view, with two figures clearly visible.

He had a feeling Kisolm, the crown prince of Qatwal, would not even hear him out but would view his attempt to barter peace as a sign of weakness and keep him as a trophy.

"Yeah, nice view," she murmured.

His view of her sweat pants in front of him were like a sack of footballs being dragged back to the locker room after a high school scrimmage.

But the pristine forest and surrounding view was more than worth the tiredness that crept into the arms and legs.

From our point of view, the job of the plant is to convert sunlight into energy and store that energy in a tasty way; then when we eat the plant, we get that energy.

No matter your view of history and cosmology, civilization is very young.

They view the opposition by others to the actions of their country as treason, or at least, inexplicably self-destructive.

The little porch was hidden from view by a screen of yellow roses and Southern smilax.

From the letters after the year 1892 I have culled in the spirit of one making an anthology, choosing the passages best in style and most important from the point of view of biography.

The view was most charmingly picturesque.

Miss Sullivan, who knows her pupil's mind, selects from the passing landscape essential elements, which give a certain clearness to Miss Keller's imagined view of an outer world that to our eyes is confused and overloaded with particulars.

If her companion does not give her enough details, Miss Keller asks questions until she has completed the view to her satisfaction.

True, her view of life is highly coloured and full of poetic exaggeration; the universe, as she sees it, is no doubt a little better than it really is.

Many of the detached incidents and facts of our daily life pass around and over her unobserved; but she has enough detailed acquaintance with the world to keep her view of it from being essentially defective.

Mrs. C. came to the door and asked me to view it from the inside.

I have noticed that a portion of Walden which in the state of water was green will often, when frozen, appear from the same point of view blue.

Pierre was greatly surprised by his wife's view, to him a perfectly novel one, that every moment of his life belonged to her and to the family.

Thus in a time of trouble ever memorable to him after the birth of their first child who was delicate, when they had to change the wet nurse three times and Natasha fell ill from despair, Pierre one day told her of Rousseau's view, with which he quite agreed, that to have a wet nurse is unnatural and harmful.

But they insisted on their own view: love of one's neighbor and Christianity--and all this in the presence of young Nicholas, who had gone into my study and broke all my things.

Having in theory rejected the view held by the ancients, it still follows them in practice.

Writers of universal history who deal with all the nations seem to recognize how erroneous is the specialist historians' view of the force which produces events.

According to this view the power of historical personages, represented as the product of many forces, can no longer, it would seem, be regarded as a force that itself produces events.

From this fundamental difference between the view held by history and that held by jurisprudence, it follows that jurisprudence can tell minutely how in its opinion power should be constituted and what power-- existing immutably outside time--is, but to history's questions about the meaning of the mutations of power in time it can answer nothing.

Recognizing the falsity of this view of history, another set of historians say that power rests on a conditional delegation of the will of the people to their rulers, and that historical leaders have power only conditionally on carrying out the program that the will of the people has by tacit agreement prescribed to them.

Our conception of the degree of freedom often varies according to differences in the point of view from which we regard the event, but every human action appears to us as a certain combination of freedom and inevitability.

In all these cases the conception of freedom is increased or diminished and the conception of compulsion is correspondingly decreased or increased, according to the point of view from which the action is regarded.

Just as prolonged and stubborn is the struggle now proceeding between the old and the new conception of history, and theology in the same way stands on guard for the old view, and accuses the new view of subverting revelation.

There's a great view up here but it's hazy.

Jonny had been drawn to the view as she was and stood before the window.

Her gaze moved from the incredible view to the condo's owner, whose desk sat against the wall opposite her beside the windows.

Sometimes, after staying in a village parlor till the family had all retired, I have returned to the woods, and, partly with a view to the next day's dinner, spent the hours of midnight fishing from a boat by moonlight, serenaded by owls and foxes, and hearing, from time to time, the creaking note of some unknown bird close at hand.